A 39-year-old member asked:
are acepromazine and ketamine similar?
2 doctor answers • 6 doctors weighed in
Dr. Gary Ritholzanswered
Anesthesiology 30 years experience
No: Aceprimazine is closely related to Chlorpromazine and is a veterinary drug. These drugs in humans are antipsychotic medications. Ketamine is not relate at all to theses drugs. It is in its own class and causes dissociative anesthesia.
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Dr. Pamela Pappasanswered
Psychiatry 42 years experience
No: Acepromazine and ketamine can both be used as animal anesthetics, but they are not the same drug. Ketamine is a nonbarbiturate anesthetic, and acepromazine is a phenothiazine related to thorazine (chlorpromazine) ( the first human antipsychotic agent discovered). Sometimes veterinarians may use the 2 of these drugs together.
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A 43-year-old member asked:
Ketamine question: any unpleasant side effects?
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Dr. Marc Zimmermannanswered
Psychiatry 22 years experience
Depends: The usual side effects are as follows:
delirium
dizziness
blurred vision
altered hearing
hypertension
tachycardia
hypersalivation
nausea and vomiting
erythema
pain at injection site
psychomimetic phenomenon
euphoria
aphasia
blunted affect
psychomotor retardation
vivid dreams
nightmares
impaired attention, memory and judgement
illusions
hallucinations
altered body image.
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A 35-year-old member asked:
Is ketamine something people can easily od on?
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Yes: Please do not try ketamine, as it can lead to death.
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A 42-year-old member asked:
Can ketamine produce hallucinogenic effects?
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A Verified Doctoranswered
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Yes: Ketamine can cause psychotropic effects as it acts on nmda receptors in the brain and spinal cord.
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A 38-year-old member asked:
What are the negative effects of ketamine on the nervous system?
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Dr. Michael Blumenfieldanswered
Psychiatry 57 years experience
Don't try it at home: Ketamine acts as an anesthetic that causes sedation and can put you to sleep .It acts on the cortex and other brain structures. Acting through the brain it can cause depressed breathing, low blood pressure, heart rhythm problems, confusion, hallucinations, jerky muscle movements . It wipes out recent memory. If not administered by a skilled doctor it can be fatal
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A 36-year-old member asked:
What are some effects of the drug ketamine?
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Unconsciousness: Ketamine can cause unconsciousness, salivation, decrease pain sensation, dissociative hypnotic states, hallucinations, etc.
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